PANOS Report on ICT Workshop in Senegal, Launch of CIPACO

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:19:04 +0100
From: Soenke Zehle soenke.zehle@web.de
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Dear colleagues

In September 2004, the Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) organized,
in collaboration with the Ecole Supérieure et Multinationale des
Telecommunications (ESMT, Senegal) and Balancing Act, with support
from IDRC, OSIWA and the DFID CATIA Programme, a workshop on
international ICT policies for Africa, at Mbodiene, Senegal.

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the workshop is
available at http://www.panos-ao.org/ntic/atelier_eng.htm

One of the motivations of the workshop was the launch of the Centre
for International ICT Policies for Central and West Africa (CIPACO).
This Center is established by PIWA (ICT Programme) in the framework
of the 1 F component of the CATIA Programme
http://www.catia.ws/content/Components/component1f.htm.

The Center aims at contributing to strengthening the participation of
African stakeholders (government, private sector, civil society) in
international ICT decision-making. It functions as a network and
receives advices from A Regional Advisory Committee composed of a
number of experts working in the two regions. It collaborates with a
number of partners that constitute the main source of its expertise.

The centre will have five main areas of activities:

1.Management of a website of resources: this information system has
three main functions: to provide current information and reference
documents on ICT policies to all stakeholders in Central and West
Africa (in particular); to offer a regular and an updated agenda on
international ICT events and to host resources produced by the Centre.

2.Production of studies and analyses on priority issues in order to
favour and reinforce advocacy

3.Organisation of virtual debates: the aim is to reinforce collective
capacities on priority issues and to arouse synergies

4.Support participation in selected international meetings in order
to contribute to the expression of African concerns and points of
views.

5.Networking with other centres of expertise on ICT policies to
reinforce synergies and expertise

Activities will cover three main themes: Access to ICTs, Regulation
governance, legislation) and Financing of ICTs. These thematic areas
and priority issues were identified during and after the workshop on
international ICT Policies.

Additionnal information can be found on our provisional pages
http://www.panos-ao.org/ntic/cipaco_eng.htm

You will receive more information on our activities in the coming weeks.

Best regards.
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Ken LOHENTO
Coordinator of the Centre for International ICT Policies
- West and Central Africa (CIPACO)
Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA)
6, rue Calmette BP 21 132 Dakar Ponty
Sénégal
Tél.: +221 849 16 65
http://www.panos-ao.org
Informing and Communicating to promote a culture of
Democracy, Citizenship and Peace in Africa.

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